Caribbean Report 05-08-1999
1. Headlines with anchor Orin Gordon (00:00 - 00:28)
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1999-08-05
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| Subjects: | Death row inmates, > Bahamas, Death penalty, > Bahamas, Naval maneuvers, > United Sates, > Puerto Rico, Drug traffic, > Caribbean Area, > Prevention, Elections, > Haiti, Developing countries, > economic conditions, Debt, > Developing countries, Venezuela, > Politics and government, Constitutional amendments, > Venezuela, Sotomayor, Javier, Christie, Linford, 1960-, |
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oai:oai:uwispace.sta.uwi.edu:2139:2139-423432016-12-08T13:38:51Z Caribbean Report 05-08-1999 The British Broadcasting Corporation Sawyer, Jerome (correspondent) Seeger, Karen (interviewee) Salazar, Ana Maria (interviewee) Jagdeo, Bharrat The University of the West Indies Death row inmates -- Bahamas Death penalty -- Bahamas Naval maneuvers -- United Sates -- Puerto Rico Drug traffic -- Caribbean Area -- Prevention Elections -- Haiti Developing countries -- economic conditions Debt -- Developing countries Venezuela -- Politics and government Constitutional amendments -- Venezuela Sotomayor, Javier Christie, Linford, 1960- 1. Headlines with anchor Orin Gordon (00:00 - 00:28) 2. In Bahamas, lawyers of John Higgs and David Mitchell scheduled to be executed is attempting to gain a stay of execution on the judgment. 52 year old Higgs and 26 year old Mitchell are scheduled to be hanged next week Tuesday. Lawyers are arguing that government overlooked constitutional motions filed in the Supreme Court and violation of human rights. Lawyers also filed a motion to the Inter-American Commission on human rights. Jerome Sawyer reports from Nassau (00:29 – 03:06) 3. Senior officials at the US Department of Defense report that the loss of Howard Air Force base in Panama has weakened US anti narcotic patrols in the region. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Ana Maria Salazar discusses the importance of the base for anti–drug monitoring programme and training and seeking new strategies in other countries to conduct anti-drug surveillance and Venezuela’s refusal to allow the US to fly over airspace in its air anti-smuggling efforts (03:07 – 04:44) 4. The election Council in Haiti will receive more than 3.5 million US dollars from US based Agency for International Development to register the country’s four million voters. Karen Seeger from Washington based International Foundation for Election Systems discusses the agency’s engagement in the election process in Haiti (04:44 - 08:03) 5. Work commenced on Venezuela newly elected assembly on rewriting the constitution. President Chavez offered his resignation as a symbolic gesture, with the majority of his backers in assembly, he is assured of confirmation in office in the post of president (08:04 - 09:55) 6. Finance Minister Bharrat Jagdeo comments on the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative to aid indebtedness in developing countries and the benefits of the program. He reiterates the importance of conditionality being met but states that debt relief not may not be enough to create a sustainable economic future and free up resources to service external debt (09:56 – 12:31) 7. There are reports of positive drug testing for two Olympic champions, Cuba Javier Sotomayor and Jamaican born British citizen sprinter Linford Christie. Christie tested positive for the banned drug nandolone. BBC Reporter appraises the issue on drugs in sports and testing procedures (12:32 – 15:26) 2016-06-29T18:15:43Z 2016-06-29T18:15:43Z 1999-08-05 Recording, oral CAR2899 http://hdl.handle.net/2139/42343 en The BBC Caribbean Archives Collection 1988 - 2011 Copyright British Broadcasting Corporation Access to this collection is available on site at the Main Library, Mona Campus (main.library@uwimona.edu.jm), Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library (wimail@sta.uwi.edu), St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit 15 min. 26 sec. Sound, mp3 audio/mpeg3 Caribbean Area. The British Broadcasting Corporation |
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